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Earned paid time off should be a basic right
Nine out of 10 Americans support the idea that all workers should have the right to take paid time off from their jobs. So why is getting paid time off so hard for American workers?
Economic Security & Inequality
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A primer on SNAP work requirements
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Event recap—Reimagining homeowners insurance amid growing climate risk
Energy & Climate
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A proposal for a US federal property reinsurer
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Regardless of the cost, college still matters
There is ongoing debate about the rising cost of college and whether that investment is still worthwhile in today’s economy. In this month’s employment analysi…
Staying in school: A proposal to raise high-school graduation rates
Derek Messacar and Philip Oreopoulos present a strategy for reducing the dropout rate. Key elements of the proposal include raising the compulsory schooling ag…
Learning from the successes and failures of charter schools
Because many successful charter schools represent a radical departure from traditional public schools, they often embody a black box to educational reformers. …
Harnessing technology to improve K-12 education
Education technologies hold promise for personalized learning and for building basic skills, but a fundamental obstacle remains: the effectiveness of learning …
A dozen economic facts about K-12 education
The Hamilton Project explores both the condition of education in the United States and the economic evidence on several promising K-12 interventions that could…
Innovation is the key to better education
Although innovation has revolutionized the American economy as a whole over the last century, the education sector has benefitted relatively little from these …
August jobs report: The private sector continues to grow
The unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent in August, according to today’s employment report, which is the lowest rate since the onset of the recession. The pri…
A record decline in government jobs: Implications for the economy and America’s workforce
The Hamilton Project examines the short- and long-run impacts of public-sector job cuts since the Great Recession. If the share of government employment to pop…
